Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-01-28

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Sonn- sharp TaIL on the Fi-heries Hill.
During the debate which ended In the pa
sage Of Mr. Edmundss bin ou the fisheries
question by an almost unauimou, votethrra
was a great deal of talk about the bill being
construed hy England as IA c1,it, brIj should
1t pass, Here is an ntrrestme passage BOO
which senators Ingalls, and Edmunds took
IA hand ia which the latter laid down some
very decided and conclusive Views
Mr. Ingalls, have expressed my belief
that the purios. of TIN. bill Dr. d declaration
o. Great Britain that she viii pursue those
practices at her peril that they viii hay.
o. stop. should like to know from tine
senator from Vermont Mr.. Edmunds what
is the purpose of tins bil. 10 Its purpu--
is 90 apply the t.o tuhoHis. that does Not
mean anything This thing has got Co Doe
settled boy treaty cor by war
Mr. Hoar-lt can he settled hy ~toppm.
these outrage
Mr. mgalI--But the trouble i- likely 90
break ont again IL has got To- br settled
so far "a. this bin is concerned either nt
diplomacy or los blood / understood the
senator from Maine 90 SAY that these trans
actions have proceeded To- the very frontier
Of amicable solution. and now the senator
war / agree with the senator from Maine
And ! would like % know what the senator
from Vermont understands the bill 10 mean.
Does he want this bill t. settle the trouble
10y negotiations on 10y fight
Mr. Edmund--By neither
Mr. lngall--Then YOU do not want 90
settle 1t at ali
Mr. Edmunds-T That i, the jump of my
/ friend cut of the frying pan INTO the sea.
I ~ far a. settling 1t hy negotiation J., CON
/ cerned the treaty of 1915 J., Just a. clear
/ a. 1t can be The treaty says how Ameri-
! can fishermen are To- he treated ma Canal
an waters. They are tu bee allowed shelter.
/ to be allowed Ia get coal and supplies. and
/ not to catch fish. That is lust a. clear IA
/ human language can make IT, Those regt-
/ iatiuns which the Canadian authorities have
made ,as II appears T. the committee and
a ] think it will appear 10 the senate are
/ not. in the way they have been administer.
| ed. IA fair execution of the treaty but arr,
plainly outside of II That may he q rd,ii,
+ heiii II the United States chou~c t. consider
: IL such II may be case for couutrrart-
ing legislation and action on the part of the
government whose citizen, are wruug-d
and would lead the people committing these
wrongs t. consider whether u would he To-
their interest to keep mp that kind of thing
This bill provides that the President of the
United States may 100 our vessels are mis-
treated IN Canadian ports say that Cuuudi-
an fi>h and Canadian fishermen shall not
come into the water, of the United States
al all. suppose he say So that Is not war.
suppose 1t continues ten years, the que--
ton will bee; Who can stand It best
think that the people of the United States
can stand 1t best and that 1t viii be- found
a ptrsUaSlou Ia the. T,epulp Df & uInla T.,
mitigate somewhat the asperity OF their
language and conduct But suppose that 10
does not have that effect Then We have
simply got uon-intercuurse between the
United States and the British provinces and
the question will be Who can stand that
longest ! think there is only one answer
70 that proposition. So that the question
here Is not IA question of war. hut "a uups
ton of countervaIhng regulations which
all nations have resorted ~ long before war.
and which usually never come tu war.